"The Year the Lights Came On hit my desk one day, went home with me that afternoon and kept me up, sans supper, sans television, sans twilight walk in the yard, until I had finished every last word of it. It is a lovely, moving, suspenseful story with that rare quality which so few writers achieve, the thing that makes you say, "That's the way it was. I remember'"
—Celestine Sibley, Atlanta Constitution

"This is a story of youth, its joys and adventures, its pains and battles, its loves and friendships. Kay has come up with a deliciously nostalgic look at the whole experience of Growing Up."
—Christian Science Monitor

Description
First published in 1976, The Year the Lights Came On was Terry Kay's debut novel. Revolving around the electrification of rural northeast Georgia shortly after the end of World War II, the novel has become a classic coming-of-age story. Kay, now an acclaimed writer with an international following, has reread the novel with the eyes of a seasoned storyteller. Cutting here and adding there, Kay has enriched an already highly comical and poignant work. The Year the Lights Came On is ready to find its place in the hearts of a new generation.

Terry Kay, the author of eleven books, was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2006. Nine of his books are novels, including To Dance with the White Dog and The Valley of Light, which received both the Best Fiction Award from the Georgia Writers Association and the Townsend Prize. Kay lives in Athens, Georgia.